Congress candidate Bharat Bhushan Ashu, after casting his vote at booth numbers 72-76 at Malwa Senior Secondary School, urged voters to participate actively in the democratic process.
As of 3pm, the highest voter turnout was recorded in Madhya Pradesh's Amarwara at 66.58 percent while the lowest was recorded in Uttarakhand's Badrinath at 40.50 percent in the Bye elections.
Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday accompanied Dharamshala BJP candidate Sudhir Sharma for the nomination filing and exuded confidence that "double lotuses" will bloom both in the Centre and Himachal Pradesh.